Garlic Tomato Rasam. Poondu Thakkali Rasam, quick and easy to make rasam that is rich in garlic and pepper flavor. Very soothing and comforting Rasam that can be served as Soup too or we can also serve the rasam after a heavy meal that would help to digest the heavy meal. Tomato Garlic Rasam is the spicy, tangy, soupy Indian curry made with blushing red ripe tomatoes and flavored with lots of garlic. Garlic Tomato Rasam

You can have Garlic Tomato Rasam using 13 ingredients and 3 steps. Here is how you cook that.

Ingredients of Garlic Tomato Rasam
  1. It’s 1 cup of fully riped tomatoes.
  2. Prepare 6 of garlic cloves.
  3. It’s 1 tbsp of pepper corns.
  4. You need 1 tsp of cumin seeds.
  5. Prepare 1 tsp of mustard seeds.
  6. Prepare 2 of dry red chillies.
  7. It’s 4 sprigs of fresh curry leaves.
  8. You need 1/4 tsp of hing.
  9. You need 1 tsp of red chilli powder.
  10. It’s 1 tsp of salt.
  11. Prepare 1 tsp of rasam powder.
  12. It’s 2 tbsp of gingelly oil.
  13. You need leaves of Coriander.

Tips on how to make rasam recipe with out rasam powder. For tempering heat oil in a kadai then add panch phoran, red chilli, asafoetida, curry. Garlic rasam also known as poondu rasam is a spicy, sour rasam tempered with garlic and spices. I make rasam on a regular basis and in this rainy cold weather, I prepare rasam often.

Garlic Tomato Rasam instructions

  1. In a blender add garlic, pepper corns,cumin seeds, blend with little water.keep aside.

  2. Now blend tomatoes and keep aside, In a pan add oil in low flame, add in mustard seeds, curry leaves, dry red chillies and add in the garlic masala and saute well..

  3. Now add in the tomato puree and saute well add in 3 cups of water, hing and instant rasam powder and chilly powder and salt. garnish with coriander leaves..

Since rasam is good for cough and cold. I also make rasam on those days, when I want to make a quick, spicy and an easy dish with rice. For this tomato rasam, we use cumin seeds and black pepper as the main spices. You can increase or decrease the proportion of pepper to adjust with your taste and level of spice. Other ingredients that are added are tender coriander stems (with or without leaves), ginger and garlic.